Founded in 1994, Free Time Gear began as small outdoor apparel shop in Gongguan. With the support of the community it serves,
FTG has become one of the most recognized names in the outdoor industry in Taiwan. Today,
we independently operate 12 branches and 11 department store locations as well as distributing to over 300 retail sales partners in the outdoor,
casual, travel, sports, biking, and fashion markets.

Overview

Founded in 1994, Free Time Gear began as small outdoor apparel shop in Gongguan. With the support of the community it serves,
FTG has become one of the most recognized names in the outdoor industry in Taiwan. Today,
we independently operate 12 branches and 11 department store locations as well as distributing to over 300 retail sales partners in the outdoor,
casual, travel, sports, biking, and fashion markets.

FTG is an authorized distributor, wholesaler, and retailer of outdoor, casual,
and travel brands and products. Because of our experience and commitment to professionalism and service, we have become a leader in these industries.
Since its founding, FTG has devoted itself to introducing brands from around the world that can meet our customer's diversify requirements for apparel,
footwear, packs, and accessories.

Brands

In 1995, Icebreaker created an entirely new clothing category made of merino wool and designed for the outdoors. This fabric delivered the impossible: the key benefits of synthetics (easy care, lightweight, quick drying) combined with the natural benefits of merino (warm, breathable, odour resistant, biodegradable).

Founded in Christchurch, New Zealand in 2013 by Campbell Junor, 20 years experience in product creation in outdoor business.Garments with outdoor functionality that sit more comfortably in an urban environment: Performance fabrics、Functional styling、Tailored fit、Textured fabrics、Muted colors.

Since its founding in 1984, Klättermusen, meaning “climbing mouse” in Swedish, has been committed to providing the most rugged, highest quality, and sustainably produced mountaineering gear. Built to endure the harshest conditions, Klättermusen products are world-renowned for their durability and attention to detail.

MONTURA® is a creator of professional mountain apparel and is part of the Tasci Srl family of brands founded in Italy in 1987. Since 2011, the company has partnered with GORE-TEX® on the research and development of new garment and fabric technologies suitable for mountaineers in all seasons.

AKU is an Italian company that has grown from a small workshop into an industry and has more than thirty years of experience in the design and production of high quality trekking and outdoor footwear.

The AKU collection ranges from mountaineering boots to active free time footwear, and behind each model lies a genuine love for manufacturing, built on the age-old prestigious tradition of Italian workmanship.

For 90 years, LOWA boots have by been acclaimed as the finest outdoor footwear in the world by climbers, mountaineers, hikers, the media and certified quality testers.

Located in Germany, their attention to every detail in design, sourcing and European manufacturing has earned them the reputation for building the world's most comfortable and durable boots since 1923.

Boreas Gear is a small independent outdoor gear company located in the heart of San Francisco. Since 2010, they have been designing award winning outdoor gear: beautiful, practical, hardwearing gear for people passionate about getting outdoors.

Born through the collaboration of a designer leather craftsman, a doctor, and a chiropractor, the Healthy Back Bag is a unique bag designed with your body in mind. Its ergonomic shape contours to the natural curve of your spine, taking strain off your back, neck, and shoulders making it the most comfortable bag you'll ever carry.

Headquartered in Germany, Tatonka has been a family-owned producer of outdoor gear and sportswear since 1980. The name Tatonka comes from the Lakota Sioux word for “bison,” known for its ability to endure extreme weather conditions. Tatonka is certified as an environmentally and socially responsible company.

Alite Designs offers fun, great style and colorful design across camping and urban outdoor gear. The purpose of Alite founded is to encourage people to go out outdoors. ALITE believes that outdoor life should be to open the chair, laying picnic mat, close to nature, enjoy the simple beauty!

Original Buff® Headwear was developed by a textile manufacturer that struck gold one day in 1991 while riding his motorcycle on the desolate roads of Spain and realized that he needed extra protection from the elements.

Founded in 1992 in the western coast of the state of Oregon, the Sunday Afternoons are marketed by garage lovers Robbin and Angeline from their garage in the backyard and transformed into a thriving multi-sunscreen collection company that you can find on five continents Footprints for the global love of outdoor activities, consumers, providing professional design and manufacture of high-quality performance sunscreen hats and accessories.

Twenty-five years after inventing hands-free hydration for athletes, CamelBak is now the world's leading maker of hydration solutions. Their products are trusted by professional and amateur athletes, soldiers, and office workers around the world.

Founded in 1947, Fizan was first to produce ski poles in aluminum when steel and bamboo were the norm. Over the following years, continual investment in technology, research and development has helped Fizan become a world leader within the ski and trekking pole market.

Founded in 1996, Light My Fire draws upon the Swedish design tradition of combining quality with functionality. They develop unique, low-tech, premium quality outdoor products with the design, color and function that make them just as attractive to use in the city as in the wild.

The designer and founder Anton Willis started sketching ideas for a folding kayak by the inspiration of “origami”. Over 700 Kickstarters supported them to launch Oru Kayak in 2012. And they have now shipped thousands of kayaks all over the world. Say hello if you see Oru Kayak in Taiwan.

Sea To Summit was founded by a team of expert mountaineers and designers seeking to use their knowledge of the outdoors to create truly ingenious, well-made but affordable outdoor equipment. Today, they continue to provide innovative gear and serve a growing band of outdoor enthusiasts all over the world.

The Oakland-based Tyny Tools began as a Kickstarter project with the simple idea that carrying stuff while biking should be easy. The key clips, swivel clips, and lock bands that make up the Tyny Tools collection have are used around the world to help simplify the organization of gear, tools, electronics, and other personal belongings.

Zanier develops winter sport accessories in close cooperation with the customers-to-be, among them outstanding athletes and the Austrian mountain rescue service. After 45 years in business the company from East Tyrol is today brand leader in Austria and, with up to 500.000 gloves sold per season, one of the four leading glove manufacturers of Europe.

Luci®, an inflatable solar light, with the goal of making an affordable clean energy product that people could use in any situation — from outdoor camping adventures to backyard parties to everyday living for people in developing countries without electricity.

Founded in Germany in 1984, High Peak has approximately 35 years of experience in the outdoor industry and is currently sold in Europe, the Americas and Asia.
With his travel experience to create outdoor gear, High Peak is the leading brand of camping gear. It focuses on all levels, but retains intimate prices as the biggest selling point; focuses on creating superior features, unique design and good durability, from single accounts to six-person accounts, sleeping mats, sleeping bags and backpacks that can accommodate a variety of outdoor The requirement for activity, is a device with a very high CP value.